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Exactly 1 year ago, I asked ChatGPT to build the most profitable company possible with 1k USD and 1h/day. This sparked a rollercoaster ride that I'll share with my grandkids one day. It'll go something like this: "Kids, grab a seat. When grandpa was in his 30s, the world was very different: AI was just getting started. Apple was already popular - but we carried big rectangles outside our body! We didn't have Alfred robots cleaning up our homes. We still drove our own cars - and crashed all the time! Anyway, one day I challenged one of the first AI chatbots to build a company, just to test it for fun. I forget the company's name now...time flies. Anyway, when I told people I was going to do this, the internet went nuts! We got +5 million views in a single post. It took me months to go through all messages that poured in. We raised 100k EUR from investors all over the world and really created a company with a chatbot as a CEO! It might have been the world's first...I still don't know. But you know what the best part was? I got the chance to meet so many cool people: San Francisco I got an intro to Nuno Goncalves Pedro, who founded Chamaeleon to use AI to outperform other venture capital funds. We had a good talk and I eventually became their Head of Content! He's a philanthropist now - other funds took so long to catch-up that they were unbeatable for a whole decade. Cape Verde Your gramps got the chance to deliver a TEDx talk, thanks to Adilson Neves and Laisa Martins Rodrigues Vieira, who were super kind to show him around their beautiful country. New York City I went live with CBS News, thanks to Justin Sherman, who invited me to share my journey in a CBS documentary. You can still find it on YouTube's museum! Singapore I was blown away by Calvin Soh and his inspiring family, who welcomed me for lunch at the One Kind House. I still have his son's heart-warming book: The Little Red Dot. I could go on and on, but I know you kids want to go back to playing outside. I'll leave you with this: Back then I thought social media was terrible, but it turns out that it was never terrible at all. I just didn't know how to use it to make my life better." One year flew by again. What a crazy one it's been. Let's make this one count! Be kind to strangers, J